正在中国访问的美军参谋长联席会议主席彼得·佩斯23日在北京举行的新闻发布会上表示，他与中国军方领导商谈了建立美中军事热线一事。“希望通过军事热线，增加双方沟通的机会，减少误判，消除误解。” : T' b0 m t0 R" r5 S ! c) o7 f" {3 r! b/ J. [7 R2 E- A 佩斯是应中央军委委员、中国人民解放军总参谋长梁光烈的邀请，于22日开始对中国为期4天的正式访问。中央军委副主席郭伯雄，中央军委副主席、国务委员兼国防部长曹刚川22日分别会见了佩斯。梁光烈与佩斯举行了会谈。 % G1 ]* j' j7 Z7 Z9 _, Y8 K/ i, v1 P1 c7 \. I# B/ C1 q" @
佩斯说，他们讨论了通过其他途径增进两军间的信任，比如，互相观摩军事演习，共同参加人道主义救援，增加军官交流等。 & N) k/ O, Q& X5 \' `& G8 |8 p! v% c 4 M6 p" m9 |( h6 _, |/ w 佩斯一行是今年访华的第一个美国高级军事代表团，也是佩斯2005年就任美军参联会主席以来首次访华。# {3 a: C+ {6 h' A0 g
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2 V V5 r# ?% N% JBEIJING — China's military is proposing officer exchanges and other confidence-building measures with the U.S. Army and may be inching closer to setting up a “hotline” for emergency communication with Washington, the top U.S. general said Friday.1 E" R( p% X9 h# r: K- h/ }4 ]+ O- t
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However, Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he received no new information in meetings with Chinese military chiefs about Beijing's test of an anti-satellite weapon in January that raised concern in Washington. He said he continued to press China's generals for more transparency about the aims of their military buildup. 6 c. z8 X4 Y7 O& Y3 Z% {& I- E* V$ y; O1 H- O
“I used the example of the anti-satellite test as how sometimes the international community can be confused, because it was a surprise that China did that, and it wasn't clear what their intent was,” Gen. Pace said. & j. s( Y% e3 x* M . F$ _: L* R. p% ~Gen. Pace said he immediately agreed to study the proposals put forward Friday by Gen. Liang Guanglie, chief of the PLA's General Staff Department. Liang's move suggested a departure from the skepticism with which the highly secretive People's Liberation Army has long regarded co-operation with the U.S. military. : Z! Z$ z. K: l7 B+ u( J! x ; L% H) x' B: S; p: y“To me this was a very good, open discussion and one that I found very encouraging,” Gen. Pace told reporters in Beijing. ! g& f, b% |& {/ d% r0 C, C' x3 E A% t' D& ?. x& R
Gen. Liang's proposals included sending Chinese cadets to the Army academy at West Point as well as participating in joint exercises and humanitarian and relief-at-sea operations “that might be able to build trust and confidence amongst our forces.”6 D. f7 w2 C [* D9 l( q! C0 k
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Military exchanges were largely suspended following a collision between a U.S. spy plane and a Chinese jet fighter over the South China Sea in 2001. The Chinese pilot was killed and the U.S. crew held captive after making an emergency landing at a Chinese air base.& Z' ^0 k+ g2 x; b& O: S1 L
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During that crisis, communication between the sides was spotty and at times non-existent, largely because Washington had no direct channel of communications with the Chinese leadership. 2 R9 u3 Y( I8 b4 k8 z! m2 r T! A& \, ~/ ^2 Q, z$ y, K# D
Gen. Pace said the sides agreed to keep discussing setting up a “hotline” between either military or civilian leaders that would help ease any future friction. 4 ] q. @" z8 x& X' ^1 Q( P# i 7 o+ c3 w6 M& M6 `3 U# y+ Y: k* Q“The Chinese military understands as well as I do that the opportunity to pick up the phone and talk to somebody you know and smooth out misunderstandings quickly is a very important part of relations between two countries,” Gen. Pace said.4 c) D4 `6 T! C: t6 `4 M
J8 G/ N2 C! tDeep mistrust remains, however, particularly over Washington's close military ties with Japan and commitment to help ensure the defence of Taiwan, the self-governing island that China considers its own territory and which it has threatened to use force to recover.; Y* e1 H2 s* q7 p2 ?* I s; M) u! r
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China has complained about U.S. plans to sell a batch of more than 400 missiles to Taiwan, but Gen. Pace said he had no details and didn't indicate whether the deal was mentioned in discussions. 5 W6 {8 b, h! A+ \# m2 }& y1 B) [; r
Asked about the possibility of a conflict over Taiwan, he said: “I believe there are good faith efforts among all the leadership to prevent that.”' J% [; Z* J$ O' X' h8 S
$ t( O. m( V: O# X, tThe general didn't say how the Chinese officers responded to his calls for more transparency. China raised its military budget by 17.8 per cent this year to about $45-billion (U.S.) -- the biggest jump since 1995. The Pentagon says actual Chinese defence spending could be twice as high.' j" e3 Y9 K, K
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The spending boost and January's satellite test, in which China became only the third country to destroy an object in space by pulverizing one of its own unused satellites with a missile warhead, heightened the sense of unease in Washington over China's 2.3 million-member armed forces. ! ]$ z0 e0 v6 U9 F* x' Q- l . p! y# b* z. \2 x, i6 ?0 x, N* k9 Q7 w- t
- I( i) _" w' R ! m0 ?$ i$ Y2 p8 v$ q: `Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Peter Pace inspects the guard of honor during a welcome ceremony at the Defence Ministry in Beijing March 22, 2007.
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